Improvement in combined chair and deskx



UNITED STATES APATENT OFFICE@ WILLIAM A. EHLMAN, OF MILWAUKEE,WISCONSIN.`

IMPROVEMENT IN COMBINED CHAIR AND DESK.;

Specification formingpart of Letters Patent No. 56,540, dated July 24,1866.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, WILLIAM A. EHLMAN, of the city and county ot'Milwaukee, and State of Wisconsin, have invented a Combined Easy- Uhairand Writing-Desk; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full,clear, and exact description thereof, which will enable others skilledin the art to make and use the saine, reference being had to theaccompanying drawings, forming part of this specification.

The present 'invention consists in so attaching the back ot' an easy orother chair to its body that, whenso desired, it can be swung over andinto a horizontal position, or nearly so, with its rear side uppermost,and there supported or sustained, leaving the seat portion of the chairfree, so that it can be used for the purpose of a writing desk or table,as will be apparent from the following detail description thereof,reference being had to the accompanying plate of drawings, in which-Figure l is an elevation of one side of an easy-chair when its back isin an upright or vertical position; and Fig. 2, also, a side View ot'the easy-chair, showing its back swung down into a horizontal position,or nearly so, so that it can be used for the purposes of a writing deskor table. 4

Similar letters of reference indicate like parts.

A in the drawings represents the seat portion of the chair-frame, whichmay be upholstered in any desired style or manner, and is supported uponfour legs, B, one at each cor ner. To each of the front legs is pivotedthe lower ends of curved or bent supports c, that at their upper endsare similarly pivoted to the outer ends of the curved side arms, D, forthe chair-seat, pivoted by their other ends to the sides of thechair-back E, which at its lower end rests upon the back rail, F, of theseat-frame A, inside of the ilange-strip Gr, secured therein. Thesupports c sustain the arms of the chair-seat at their front ends, whicharms, by means of bent hook-arms H,

hung in the side strips, I, of the seat-frame, when hooked into the eyesJ upon the under side of the chair-arms, are firmly held in position.

From the above description of the manner in which the back and arms ofthe chair are connected together and to the front legs, it is plainlyobvious that it' the hook-arms H be disengaged from the eyes upon theunder side of the chair-arms, the back of the chair can be then swungover toward and behind the front of the chair-seat, and into ahorizontal position, or nearly so, with its rear side uppermost, asshown in Fig. 2, when hooking the hook-arms H in the eyes K, upon theend ot' the chair-back, then the nearer of its two ends to the frontside of the chair-seat, it can be made rm and secure in such position,and thereby susceptible of being used as a writing desk or table, afterwhich, by simply swinging the chair-back back to and over the seat,first having unhooked the hook-arms therefrom, it can be again broughtinto proper position for forming the back to the chair-seat A, thechairback, when in the position shown in Fig. 2, bcing entirely free ofthe chair-seat, or, in other words, sufticiently so to allow a person to0ccupy the same.

L is a drawer arranged upon or in the chairseat for the reception ofpaper, envelopes, pen and ink, and other writing-utensils.

I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent- The combinationot' the chair-seat A, back E, having eyes K, side arms, D, having eyesJ, uprights or supports c, and hook-arms H, or their equivalents, whenall connected and arranged so as to allow the back to be `swung downinto a horizontal position, or nearly so, and there supported,substantially as and for the purposes described.

WILLIAM A. EHLMAN.

Witnesses WM. BELLINGHAUsEN, WM. Eiroinaivia.v

